{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-23.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-23.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/23.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "23.5",
  "heading": "Application to discharge prohibition imposed by the court",
  "text": "(1) A party who wants the court to discharge a prohibition against cross-examination which the court imposed under section 36 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 must—\n(a) apply in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of the grounds for doing so; and\n(b) serve the application on—\n(i) the court officer, and\n(ii) each other party.\n(2) The applicant must—\n(a) explain what material circumstances have changed since the prohibition was imposed; and\n(b) ask for a hearing, if the applicant wants one, and explain why it is needed.\n[Note. Under section 37 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, the court can discharge a prohibition against cross-examination which it has imposed—\n(a) on application, if there has been a material change of circumstances; or\n(b) on its own initiative.]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 23.5 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/23.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}